Heater placement questions

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now that the weather is starting to turn cooler, I will probably need to start using my heater in my tank. I was wondering ...

now that the weather is starting to turn cooler, I will probably need to start using my heater in my tank. I was wondering what the best placement for it would be.
At the moment it is placed in the back center. This is away from the thermometer so that I can get a more accurate temp reading. My main concern is how the heater needs to be placed in relation to plants. I have amazon swords planted along the back and not sure how far away from the heater they need to be placed.

You want to have fairly good circulation around your heater so the heated water can be distributed fairly evenly. I place mine near the outflow of the filter. Plants nearby are ok but I don't like to have them touching the heater.

Ditto. Mine is in the back near the filter outflow. Some of my swords have now grown large enough that their leaves touch it, and it might be a coincidence but the edges that touch the heater seem to go a bit brown...